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I had a discussion with a friend and we both ended up agreeing that it recklessly endangers a lottery winner to publicly reveal their identity. If that person becomes robbed, hacked and/or injured soon after winning as a result of being revealed, can't they sue the state government for being so blatantly careless?






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          The level of anonymity or privacy given by the lottery administrator (the state) to the lottery winner depends on the terms and conditions of lottery that are accepted as a binding contract when the buyer buys a lottery ticket. It's all in the small print. If you don't like the terms of the lottery, don't buy a ticket.



          The lottery terms probably says that the state can use the winner's name in marketing and promotional materials. For a winner to be able to be anonymous, the terms of the lottery would have to specifically state that anonymity is guaranteed, while at the same time, allowing the state to report the winner to the IRS for tax purposes.



          The winner will have little recourse against the state due to circumstances - like being robbed - which are outside of the state's control. And it's quite difficult to sue any form of government; states and the federal government are by law immune to most legal actions.






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          • I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
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          The level of anonymity or privacy given by the lottery administrator (the state) to the lottery winner depends on the terms and conditions of lottery that are accepted as a binding contract when the buyer buys a lottery ticket. It's all in the small print. If you don't like the terms of the lottery, don't buy a ticket.



          The lottery terms probably says that the state can use the winner's name in marketing and promotional materials. For a winner to be able to be anonymous, the terms of the lottery would have to specifically state that anonymity is guaranteed, while at the same time, allowing the state to report the winner to the IRS for tax purposes.



          The winner will have little recourse against the state due to circumstances - like being robbed - which are outside of the state's control. And it's quite difficult to sue any form of government; states and the federal government are by law immune to most legal actions.






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          • I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
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          The level of anonymity or privacy given by the lottery administrator (the state) to the lottery winner depends on the terms and conditions of lottery that are accepted as a binding contract when the buyer buys a lottery ticket. It's all in the small print. If you don't like the terms of the lottery, don't buy a ticket.



          The lottery terms probably says that the state can use the winner's name in marketing and promotional materials. For a winner to be able to be anonymous, the terms of the lottery would have to specifically state that anonymity is guaranteed, while at the same time, allowing the state to report the winner to the IRS for tax purposes.



          The winner will have little recourse against the state due to circumstances - like being robbed - which are outside of the state's control. And it's quite difficult to sue any form of government; states and the federal government are by law immune to most legal actions.






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          • I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
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          The level of anonymity or privacy given by the lottery administrator (the state) to the lottery winner depends on the terms and conditions of lottery that are accepted as a binding contract when the buyer buys a lottery ticket. It's all in the small print. If you don't like the terms of the lottery, don't buy a ticket.



          The lottery terms probably says that the state can use the winner's name in marketing and promotional materials. For a winner to be able to be anonymous, the terms of the lottery would have to specifically state that anonymity is guaranteed, while at the same time, allowing the state to report the winner to the IRS for tax purposes.



          The winner will have little recourse against the state due to circumstances - like being robbed - which are outside of the state's control. And it's quite difficult to sue any form of government; states and the federal government are by law immune to most legal actions.






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          The level of anonymity or privacy given by the lottery administrator (the state) to the lottery winner depends on the terms and conditions of lottery that are accepted as a binding contract when the buyer buys a lottery ticket. It's all in the small print. If you don't like the terms of the lottery, don't buy a ticket.



          The lottery terms probably says that the state can use the winner's name in marketing and promotional materials. For a winner to be able to be anonymous, the terms of the lottery would have to specifically state that anonymity is guaranteed, while at the same time, allowing the state to report the winner to the IRS for tax purposes.



          The winner will have little recourse against the state due to circumstances - like being robbed - which are outside of the state's control. And it's quite difficult to sue any form of government; states and the federal government are by law immune to most legal actions.







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          • I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
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          • I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
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          I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
          – user14554
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          I don't see how conditions are relevant in this case. If you sign a contract to kill someone, you still go to prison. If the state government's decisions are recklessly endangering people when it is 100% avoidable, then that choice of the state to impose that risk is still the state's fault no matter what conditions anyone agrees to. Couldn't at least a class action lawsuit of multiple lottery winners do something?
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